C.R.S. Section 37-80-119
Interference with recording instruments

It is unlawful for any person who does not have charge of any weir, headgate, automatic self-registering device, or other measuring recording device or any canal or reservoir intake or outlet, who does not have authority to install, repair, maintain, or operate any such device or to inspect the same from the owners thereof or from the water officials of the state of Colorado, or who represents any other canal diverting water from the same stream to interfere with or seek to examine or regulate any such instrument or device or structure. Any person who willfully injures or destroys any automatic self-registering device, gauge, or other instrument installed upon any canal or weir for the measuring and recording of the water depths upon such weir, who tampers with or falsifies any record made or being made by any such instrument or device, or who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than one thousand dollars for the second and succeeding offenses.

Source: Section 37-80-119 — Interference with recording instruments, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-37.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

37‑80‑101
State engineer 37‑80‑101.5
Office of the state engineer 37‑80‑102
General duties of state engineer - supervision and utilization of employees - satellite and telemetry-based monitoring systems 37‑80‑103
Additional duties of state engineer 37‑80‑104
Compact requirements - state engineer’s duties 37‑80‑105
Supervision over division engineers 37‑80‑106
Appointment of deputies 37‑80‑107
Employment of engineers or geologists 37‑80‑108
Appoint deputy for special work 37‑80‑109
State engineer’s authority to contract for services 37‑80‑110
Fees collected by state engineer 37‑80‑111
Fees deposited with department of the treasury 37‑80‑111.5
Fees - rules - satellite monitoring system cash fund - well inspection cash fund - created 37‑80‑111.7
Water resources cash fund - created - uses 37‑80‑112
Report of state engineer 37‑80‑113
State engineer - qualifications - salary - conflict of interest 37‑80‑114
Deputy state engineer - powers 37‑80‑115
Performance of personnel - duties 37‑80‑116
Legal services authorized 37‑80‑117
Regulation of water for measurements 37‑80‑118
False reports of gauge heights 37‑80‑119
Interference with recording instruments 37‑80‑120
Upstream storage - substitute supply - historic natural depletion 37‑80‑122
South Platte river alluvial aquifer groundwater monitoring network 37‑80‑123
Lease, loan, or trade of agricultural water protection water right - rules - definition 37‑80‑124
State engineer - designation of fire suppression ponds - conditional requirements - inspections - expiration of designation - database - reviews by water courts
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 37-80-119’s source at colorado​.gov